Partnerships

The National Wildlife Refuge System is committed to building partnerships which encourage conservation and preservation of our natural and cultural resources.

Partnerships with the Refuge System bring innovative approaches to solving land management issues in the most protective manner. Scientifically-informed and technologically-based stewardship of our public lands, water, wildlife and special places must be a collaborative effort between the Refuge System, private landowners and organizations, and other government agencies if conservation efforts are to succeed.

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge works with the following partners. They play a very important role in helping the refuge accomplish its wildlife management and conservation mission:

Arbuckle-Simpson Nature FestivalChickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Chickasaw Nation OklaVision VideosChoctaw Nation of Oklahoma Citizens for the Protection of the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer City of Tishomingo Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative Johnston County Chamber of Commerce Johnston County Historical SocietyMarshall County Chamber of Commerce Missouri State University Murray State College Nature Conservancy National Park Service National Wild Turkey Federation Natural Resource Conservation Science Noble Foundation Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Oklahoma Conservation Commission Oaks and Prairies Ventures Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Department of Transportation State of Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Student Conservation Association Southeastern Oklahoma State University U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District U.S. Department of Agriculture The University of Oklahoma Tishomingo Refuge Ecology and Education Society

What We Do

Teaming with life, Cumberland Pool is alive with plants and animals invisible to the naked eye and critical to the survival of many species of wildlife. The pool makes up a quarter of the refuge and is especially important to fish, migratory birds and resident wildlife.